Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has announced the implementation of Expedited Felony Review, an expansion of a pilot program that allows Chicago police officers to directly file ...

Cook County is putting more resources behind the Public Defender Immigration Unit, doubling its small staff at the start of 2026 and setting the goal of tripling it by 2027. Since 2021, the unit has ...

A Bellville attorney who defrauded more than 40 clients out of more than $1 million has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison. Jason Caraway, 51, whose victims included the children of a dead ...

Next fall, they may finally succeed. For the last three election cycles Amy Grant, who in 2018 won the House seat Jeanne Ives vacated to run against Bruce Rauner for the Republican nomination for ...

The Woodstock City Council will revisit a proposal to place security cameras around the historic downtown square. Council members are scheduled to discuss the issue Dec. 2. The lynchpin is awaiting ...

The Generations will perform Saturday at Durty Nellie’s in Palatine to benefit Easterseals Autism Services. Saturday’s show marks the band’s return to the venue where members celebrated the release of ...

With the state transit bill passed, CTA, Metra and Pace have approved budgets without fare increases, no layoffs and some potential service expansions, especially in the suburbs. Under the Chicagoland ...

Saying she is wiser and more seasoned, Joliet’s Gabby Shanahan is gearing up to take a second run at 97th District state Rep. Harry Benton, a Democrat, next fall. Shanahan, a Republican, told WSPY ...

Officials at the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva are expressing relief that the government shutdown has ended and funding for the essential SNAP food assistance program is secured for the next ...

Damages totaling in the billions of dollars from severe storms has been on the rise in recent decades, driven by changing weather patterns and shifting geographical populations. To study changes and ...

Veteran 112th District Democratic State Rep. Katie Stuart will once again have an opponent in next year’s general election. What she won’t have is an opponent in the March 17 primary. Halley Johnson, ...

Four police officers were hurt Friday during protests at the ICE facility in Broadview. Two Broadview officers and a Cook County Sheriff’s Police officer were transported to a local hospital for ...